Bill Text: MI HB4395 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Local government; authorities; filing deadline for local ballot question involving community swimming pool authority; modify. Amends sec. 13 of 1994 PA 425 (MCL 123.1073). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4393'13
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - Assigned Pa 255'13 With Immediate Effect 2013 Addenda [HB4395 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4395-Engrossed.html
HB-4395, As Passed Senate, December 11, 2013
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4395
A bill to amend 1994 PA 425, entitled
"An act to provide for the creation of community swimming pool
authorities; to provide powers and duties of the authorities; to
provide for the levy of a tax by the authorities; and to provide
for the collection and distribution of the tax,"
by amending section 13 (MCL 123.1073).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 13. (1) An authority formed under this act may levy a tax
on all of the taxable property in a participating municipality
located within the district for the purposes of owning or operating
a community swimming pool.
(2) The tax authorized in this section shall not exceed 1 mill
of the state equalized valuation on each dollar of assessed
valuation of taxable property within the limits of each
participating municipality.
(3) The tax authorized under this section shall not be levied
except upon the approval of a majority of the qualified and
registered electors of the participating municipalities who reside
in the district voting on the tax at an annual or special school
election. The election may be called by resolution of the board.
The secretary of the board shall file a copy of the resolution of
the board calling the election with the clerk of any participating
municipality
not less than 70 days later
than 4 p.m. on the twelfth
Tuesday before the date of the election. The resolution calling the
election shall contain a statement of the proposition to be
submitted to the electors. All appropriate clerks and all
appropriate officials shall take all necessary steps to properly
submit the proposition to the electors of the participating
municipalities who reside in the district at the election specified
in the resolution of the authority. The election shall be conducted
and
canvassed in accordance with the Michigan election law, Act No.
116
of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of
the
Michigan Compiled Laws. 1954
PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. The
results of the election shall be certified to the board promptly
after the date of the election. No more than 2 elections may be
held in a calendar year for approval of the tax authorized under
this section. The authority shall pay its share of the costs of the
election.
(4) The taxes authorized by this section may be levied at a
rate and for a period, not more than 5 years, as determined by the
authority in the resolution calling the election and as set forth
in the proposition submitted to the electors.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 120 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 4393 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into
law.
